Peking, 8th December.
The 12th conference took place on the 6th inst., but there was no conference on the 7th owing to the indisposition of H.E. Yuan Shih-kai,—Speoial service.
9th December, The Chinese Ministers to the U. S., Germany; and Russia have wired' to Peking that these Powers are paying the utmost attention to the Manchuria negotiations, and if necessary they will take them as offering 8 good opportunity to interfere. The Ministers therefore hope that China will not allow Japan to secure too many advantages, lest other Powers should interfere Special service.
10th Decembsr.
At the 18th conference, on the 8th inst, not much progress was made, but ab the 14th conference, on the Qth, the Japanese proposals and supplementary proposals, and the Chinese counter-proposals, were discussed, and settled as to four-fifth of, them.' There are three points still undecided, bub it is expected that the negotiations will be concluded, and Baron Komura and suite be able to leave Peking, within a week—Special service, 11th December.
There was no conference to-day.
The Chino-Japanese negotiations have, however, continuously progress sed since the 8th inst. It is reported that China has appointed Prince Ching, and T. E. Na Tung and Hsii Shih-chang, plenipotentiaries to proceed to St. Petersburg and negotiate with Russia concerning Manchurian questions.
Ofthe Chinese counter-proposals it is known that China agrees to allow Japan to erect telegraphs in the three Eastern provinces, but for a fixed term only. She also limits Japanese mining operations to certain area, and agrees that no tax be levied on the fishing or timber-cutting industries, China does not allow Japan to have the manufacture of salt, nor establish branch lines of the Chinese Eastern Railwa. The Plenipotentiaries are having repeated negotiations con-"cerning these last-mentioned questions,—Speoial service.
Tokio, 11th December.
At Peking the final propositions were presented at Sunday's conference, which adjourned till Tuesday afternoon.—Our own correspondent. Later, A Peking report says that Mr, Pokotiloff has utterly failed to obtain information about the negotiations, He has been trying? to extract news from a concubine of Prince Ching. Our own correspondent, Peking, 13th December.
On the 11th inst. there was no conference, but on the 12th, the - sixteenth conference took place. This being the meeting ab which the im-Lniatld geon are to be settled has attracted great attention—Speoial
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